I am an Offensive Driver

Which is why I am taking a defensive driving course. Somebody in this city thinks that I need to slow down. Therefore, they force me into taking the course online for the speeding ticket that I recently received.

In taking this online course, they have a couple of outright misconceptions:

#1:
"Your decision, willingness and effort to participate in this course give you an opportunity to learn to drive more alertly, efficiently, and safely."

No, this decision was not one out of willingness. And thank you for the opportunity, but I am still busy being bitter about being a bad driver. (But I ball at alliteration.)

#2:
"As you start this course, you probably consider yourself to be a very good driver. Then recently, and very unexpectedly, you were issued a citation by a law enforcement official. Many good drivers receive citations and are also involved in crashes."

I know I'm not a good driver. I am a pretty good parker, but I am not a great driver. But I know this. I accept this. Therefor I am not going to be all high and mighty when given a ticket. At no time is it unexpected...

Yes, so the class has to be a minimum of 6 hours or something like that. So they have timed it so that you have to stay on each page for a minimum amount of time. But it isn't a decent amount of time where you could just walk away from your computer, it is done in like :20 increments so you have to be attentive. Fucking DPS.

The name of the site is idrivesafely.com. Which I find kind of funny because if you are visiting this site for it's intended purpose (to rid your driving records of a ticket) that is a bit of a false statement. Not only are you not a safe driver. You are pretty much the opposite. I think it would be more effective if the person had to type in: idonotdrivesafely.com. That way there is at least some truth in the statement.

Anyhoo, back to the riveting information.

Fun Fact: Did you know that alcohol related incidents are only #3 in reasons for vehicular fatalities?

Megan and I are not healthy people. This might help us.

(Found through Design Milk)

BonBon's ACL Experience

I must, must, MUST go to ACL this year. SugarSnap has already discussed it, so there is no need for me to use hyperlinks or go into detail about it.

However, as someone who has gone to ACL the last two years, I have a bit more insight into what goes on and how it is. It' pretty sweet.

Oh, you want me to tell you about it? Well, I'd be glad to. All you had to do was ask.

ACL is basically three things:
A. amazing
B. Ballin'
C. An excuse for stoners to get high in a giant park with little to no police supervision
(You thought I was going to use something starting with "c," right? Wrong. I threw you a curveball (which DOES start with "c")).

Does this not sound awesome, BAMFing, and crazy? It should, because it is. Now, I am not a stoner who needs an excuse to get high in a giant park, but I have friends for whom this was a giant convenience. Also, you just meet really cool people from all over Texas and the US, and you pay like $120 (or I did, because I am an early bird) for three days of great music. Epic win? I believe so.

That is all for now.